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Palindromes

Palindromes are words and phrases that are spelled the same way forward and backward. The simple ones are easy to see. Some of the longer ones are pretty amazing and make you wonder "Who had the time to figure that out?"

No, son.
Go, dog!
Stack cats.
Never odd or even.
Step on no pets.
Rise to vote sir!
Naomi, did I moan?
Roy, am I mayor?
Did mom poop? Mom did.
We panic in a pew.
Mr. Owl ate my metal worm.
A dog! A panic in a pagoda!
Dog doo! Good god!
"Do orbits all last?" I brood.
Oh no! Don Ho!
Ed, I saw Harpo Marx ram Oprah W. aside.
Emil, a sleepy baby, peels a lime.
Tarzan raised Desi Arnaz' rat.
Ron, I'm a minor.
So Ed, I vow to do two videos.
Lepers repel.
Flee to me remote elf.
Gnu dung.
Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo.
Lager, sir, is regal!
Poor Dan is in a droop.
No lemons, no melon.
May a moody baby doom a yam?
Do geese see God?
Madam, I'm Adam.
Straw? No. Too stupid a fad. I put soot on warts.
Some men interpret nine memos.
Dennis sinned.
Campus motto: bottoms up, Mac!
'Tis in a DeSoto sedan I sit.
Was it Eliot's toilet I saw?
Lisa Bonet ate no basil.
Pasadena, Ned-ASAP!
Marge lets Norah see Sharon's telegram.
Ned, go gag Ogden.
Lonely Tylenol.
Too hot to hoot.
Lew, Otto has a hot towel.
I, man, am regal, a German am I.
Won't Lovers revolt now?
Race fast safe car.
No Devil lived on.
O stone, be not so.
O Geronimo, no minor ego.
Nurse, I spy Gypsies. Run!
UFO tofu.
Doc, note, I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod.
Sue us!
Dump mud.
Party Trap.
Spit Q-Tips.
A man, a plan, a canal...Panama.
Live not on evil.
Put Eliot's toilet up.
Pa's a sap!
Ma is as selfless as I am.
Yawn a more Roman way.
Madam in Eden, I'm Adam.
Yo! Bozo boy!
Wonton? Not now.
Sis, ask Costner to not rent socks "as is."
Cigar? Toss it in a can, it is so tragic.
Diana saw I was an aid.
Angola balogna.
Stella wondered, "No wallets?"
Now Ned, I am a maiden won!
Amoral aroma.
Sit on a potato pan, Otis.
So Ida, adios!
Rats live on no evil star.
Go deliver a dare, vile dog!
Too bad. I hid a boot.
Ah, Satan sees Natasha.
Golf? No sir, prefer prison flog.
Evil olive.
Tuna nut.
"Do nine men interpret?" "Nine men," I nod.
Eva, can I stab bats in a cave?
Live not on evil.
No sir! Away! A papaya war is on!
So many dynamos.
Sun at noon, tan us.
Lapses? Order red roses, pal.
Ana, nab a banana.
"Naomi" I moan.
Yawn. Madonna fan? No damn way!
Red rum, sir, is murder.
Don't nod.
Kay, a red nude, peeped under a yak.
Dammit, I'm mad!
If I had a hi-fi.
Was it a car or a cat I saw?
Warsaw was raw.
Not a banana baton.
No "x" in Nixon.
A Toyota's a Toyota.
Senile felines.
Now I see bees. I won!
God! A red nugget. A fat egg under a dog.
Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog.

 


Anagrams

Anagrams are words or phrases that can be rearranged to form new words and phrases. The best ones have the same meaning as the original

Original Phrase


The active volcanoes
An alcoholic beverage
The coming presidential campaign
Received payment
Slot machines
A stripteaser
The public art galleries
Dormitory
Clint Eastwood
Mother-in law
Eleven plus two
David Letterman
The countryside
Evangelist
The Morse code
Statue of Liberty
Snooze alarms
The detectives
The eyes
Astronomers
A decimal point
Tired nerves
Valentine poems
A shoplifter
A domesticated animal
Circumstantial evidence
Males never ask for directions

New Phrase


Cones evict hot lava
Gal, can I have a cool beer?
Damn! Electing time is approaching.
Every cent paid me
Cash lost in 'em.
Sparse attire
Large picture halls, I bet
Dirty room
Old West action
Woman Hitler
Twelve plus one
Nerd amid late TV
No city dust here
Evil's agent
Here come dots
Built to stay free
Alas, no more Z's
Detect thieves
They see
Moon starers
I'm a dot in place
Drive tenser
Pen mates in love
Has to pilfer
Docile, as a man tamed it
Can ruin a selected victim
Keen crisis of men's road travel

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